archiveSeptember 2020

Representing 84% of N36.3bn donated to FG The Federal Government said it has spent N30,540,563,571.09 donated funds to fight COVID-19 from 1st April to 30th July, 2020. A total of N36.3 billon was donated by Nigerians to the Federal Government under the CACOVID initiatives at the perk of the pandemic....

  Over 500 people from four communities in Lagos State have benefited from the picking of pet bottles under the Double Double Initiative in the last six months. The Chief Environmental Officer, African Clean-Up Initiative (ACI), Mr Alexander Akhigbe, disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency...

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday for Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The one-day summit, according to the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday will deliberate on...

 The Defence Headquarters has assured residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and adjoining states that the military and other security agencies had been on red alert to ensure their safety. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, has warned against the reopening of schools without provisions for schools to meet COVID-19 precautionary guidelines. Its chairman, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, stated this in a release he made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday. Akinwole stated that...

Two Nigerian suspects have been arrested for alledgedly defrauding a Germany company of ‎€14.7 million in a COVID-19-related scale, Nigerian police said on Sunday. 50-year-old Babatunde Adesanya and Akinpelu Hassan Abass, who is 41years old, were accused of cloning the corporate website of ILBN Holdings BV, Holland, to defraud one...

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said that people who were above 70 years needed to check their salvation if they were still afraid of death. Adeboye said this at the first Sunday Thanksgiving of the RCCG New Year calender, at the headquaters...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has flayed the Federal Government over the recent increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol as well as the electricity tariff. The Akure zone of ASUU, which frowned over the development after its zonal meeting...

Emirates has announced that it will resume passenger services to Lagos from Monday, 7 September and Abuja on 9 September, 2020. According to the airline, its resumption of flights to both Nigerian cities takes Emirates’ African network to 13 destinations, is to help its customers travel safely and confidently, implementing...

  The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), on Sunday, said the number of coronavirus positive cases has risen to 1,291,724 in the continent. Africa CDC also said that the death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic climbed to 31,056. The African Union (AU) Commission’s specialised healthcare...